Sunshine: Tales of an Assassin

Chapter Ten

***Katrina's POV***

    Sparring with Nathanial had been fun, while I could tell he was holding back some, since this was a friendly match, at the same time I also knew that he was still fighting harder against me than he would a normal human.  I wasn't using full strength or speed either, I hadn't been cleared to show everything that I could do and I wouldn't without permission, I didn't know if Lydia wanted anyone aside from the doctors, Matthew and of course herself to know what had been done and what it did to me.

    We finally called it a draw, Nathanial looking rather disheveled and satisfied, though part of me wondered if he would look half as sexy after a wild round of s*x.  Couldn't blame me for thinking it, he'd brought it up earlier, not me.

    "May I ask what it was you did to the witch yesterday?  It doesn't seem like anything similar to what you did today."

    "I zapped him, just a slight jolt."  I shrugged, it wasn't something too major.

    "What exactly do you mean by zapping?  How does it work?"  Nathanial seemed to be genuinely curious, and I didn't find there would be much harm in explaining a little bit of it anyways.

    "There are minute amounts of electric energy that travel through the body at any given point, it's part of what allows us to move, things like that, but when I zap someone I am using part of my current and amplifying it to a degree and forcing it into their body.  It can be something as mellow as the feeling of a static shock, or it can be something more."

    I kept the explanation as simple as possible, not wanting to go into details over exactly how strong it could be or what my limits were.  Nathanial seemed to just accept it and didn't seem to have anymore questions.  I lead the way back to the locker rooms, feeling the need for a shower after the workout and sparring match.

    "So when will me move on this plan?  How much time have I got, and if you don't mind, I'd rather wear my own clothing and gear than something someone else picks."

    "I'd planned to move as soon as possible, preferably tonight since that would help reduce the risk of another woman being attacked.  I need to stop this in my territory as soon as possible, and you are welcome to wear whatever you want, as long as it is fairly revealing."  I could hear the grin without having to look back.  "After all you are supposed to be a pet that is doing something to keep a shifter interested in you."

    I looked over my shoulder as he made the comment about being a pet, though I couldn't get upset over it since I had started it, yet it did remind me of something and I paused thinking a moment longer, an outfit in mind that would allow me to hide other fun party tricks but would also look natural.

    "Tell me, since they like to lure in innocents, any chance there is b**m involved there, or those who dress like they are?"

    "There are those who do, yes, it seems to be a fairly large part of the crowd."

    "Oh good, then please get ready to have a pet for the night."  With that I headed into the shower room already plotting what I would wear, as there were several new toys that I wanted to try out, not only for how they would work but just for fun as well.

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    Several hours later I had a bag in hand that would carry all my gear, and I was heading to an underground entrance that housed several rather nondescript cars, one of which I would be borrowing for the night to leave and reach Nathanial's territory, where I would find a location to change for pick up.  I was actually looking forward to this as we'd been working on.

    I grabbed the keys to one of the cars and headed out, knowing that there were several things that were going to happen before the night was over, and I was going to have fun playing with these ones that thought that women could be abused in such a way against their will.  I hooked up a playlist, playing some heavy rock and metal while I drove to the point where I would be changing, watching for anything interesting along the way though it was nothing that really was worth watching.  

    On your way already my dark princess?  I heard Matthew's voice.

    Nathanial wanted to strike sooner rather than later, and since I'm all for something that stops abuse on innocent women, and I'm really ticked still that I have to do another mission to take down this little turd nugget.

    I understand where you are coming from there, Sunshine, but we have some news telling us that Gabriel may just be a small fish working for a shark, and we are going to need any and all information that can be gathered tonight.

    Nathanial stated no electronics for headsets, since he wasn't sure there wasn't something to take them out.  I rolled my eyes a little at that, still kind of playing with a couple other thoughts.

    Oh I am certain you are going to completely listen to him, and you don't have a few extra tricks in your bag just in case.  If you didn't by chance, you'll be required to let me view and report through your eyes and ears the whole time, and we both know how uncomfortable that is.  I groaned, it was something that we didn't do often, partly cause it made me a little zombie like keeping a link that open for someone to listen like that took a great toll on someone, beyond that, a link like that let's the other person see, hear and feel everything, and that had lead to some rather uncomfortable knowledge between the two of us.  Adopted or not, Matthew was like a father to me, and there are some thoughts no daughter wants her father to know.

    I've got a few tricks up my sleeves, or in my boots, and other locations, I don't think we'll need to go that route again, as I'm fairly confident the fire you lit under the ass of our development team may have fixed that issue.

    Getting out of the car, I hauled the bag with me, completely focused for the moment on shifting my energy to shift the gaze of others away from me, while staying to the shadows.  It was a trick that wouldn't work in daylight or direct light, but in shadows it worked fairly well.  I entered the building and found a room to prepare in, one without windows, but with a light where I could change and prepare without worries.

    I started out with a dress, a stretchy black vinyl material in a skater girl dress style, close fitted to the top with free movement of my legs, the material left me with full range of movement and no pinching.  The dress had multiple clips where chains could be attached, and removed with a tug, leading to one of the next parts of my outfit, knee high black leather boots, the heels weren't full fledged ankle breakers, and were a nice middle ground between block heels and stilettoes.   The heels were actually hollowed out, and had a special compartment that could only be opened if you knew the trick, but they were large enough to hold a USB key or a vial of something fun, both of which I had in them currently.  

    I started adding chains to various clips for front and sides, saving the back one for last, my new toy that I was really looking forward to, at the ends of each side of these chains were extremely thin looking bars, that when triggered with the right electric pulse, would release scythe blades, but also had enough weight to do some damage without the blades out.  The chain was clipped to the back, with the blades tucked into the boots, making the chains look like accents to attach my dress to the boots.  

    Next came a choker with a chain and leash attached to it, the choker designed to break away after a certain amount of pressure was applied, enough that I would never be in danger, but would still have to work at it to keep up appearances.  I had other similar ones, specialized to spread different chemical or biological mixes that could effect different races, sadly I wouldn't be able to use those tonight since I couldn't risk hurting the shifter I was working with, or innocents, but I had my own ways around it, the tough point was always concealing them from other's senses to get them past any security, and we'd found the best bet for that,  hair pins, containing small amounts of different chemicals, with a wax seal that had been mixed with traces of earth and charcoal, which we found to be effective in neutralizing most smells until the seal was broken.  Three pins, tucked into my hair helping to keep it half pinned up, all placed in a very specific location so I wouldn't have to think about it if I had to use one, and all three had sharpened points below wax false tips, making them into decent weapons if needed.  

    Finally for the last bit before I would do my makeup, attaching couple of  hair thin wire with transmitter not to my skin, where it would be checked and frankly if my skin got moist, that there would be issues but to different locations, along the leash, another slipped into the pinned up bun, and finally one more that was going to wait to find it's home on Nathanial, without his knowing it,  a ring holding it against the palm of my hand till I was ready place it on him.

    Check that the new ones are working well, audio coming through, or any data?

    We have limited visual, and some other data coming in, you'll have to make noise to check audio. Rolling my eyes I cleared my throat softly.  Sound coming through, one of the receptors is picking up nothing much but black, but shows otherwise that it is reading right.

    That may be the one I'll be placing elsewhere shortly, it's probably giving an up close view of my hand and dress.

    Now satisfied that I wouldn't have to link with Matthew that much, I finished with my make-up, knowing that Matthew would be here soon to retrieve me.  I checked all straps and chains to make sure they were holding well, and heard the knock signaling the arrival of Nathanial.

    I went to the door, smirking for a moment as I held out the end of my leash watching his eyes widen slightly for a moment, his eyes flickering for a moment, before I really saw what he was wearing and had to hide my own reactions.

    Black leather pants, and a leather vest, his black hair was down and longer than I thought, falling carelessly around his face, it must have been just past his shoulders, and looked like black silk when down like that, he had a few tattoos that I hadn't seen earlier, and a six pack that peeked out of the vest that looked like it would be delicious to trace with my tongue.  Nice to know attraction was something I wouldn't have to fake tonight.

    "You wanted a pet for the night, and looks like you might have found a stray that needs taming."  I said with a bit of a smirk, and enjoyed watching his eyes narrow slightly, but his mouth twisted into a sinful smirk.

    "I think I may be able to tame a stray kitten so she only claws when she's been given permission, for now, it's time for the kitten to see where we will play tonight and catch some filthy little rats."

    For a moment I thought perhaps he was talking about other things with that smirk, but he ended it telling me we were working, all I could do was switch to work mode, and as I handed him the leash, I adopted a look of meek adoration that was eager to please my supposed master.

    Time for us to flush out some rats.